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9mmm am ?m USTEMJK EM. Massed Attacks Crumble I Against Barrage. APPALLING ENEMY LOSS. Germans Try a Diversion. lO-DAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL.- France, 12.30 p.m. The weather continues to be wet and stormy. Early last night the enemy re- newed his attempts to drive us from our positions on Infantry Hill, east of Monchy-le-Preux. TAfterheavy bombardment, his „ troops, attacking on a front of half a mile, succeeded in obtain- ing temporary possession of a portion of our front line trenches at two points. i Our counter-attacks, in which we secured a few prisoners, have id- ready regained a part of the lost ground.. Inuring the night the enemy also endeavoured to reach our trenches south-east of Queant, and at- < tacked one of our newly-estab- lished posts north-west of Warne- ton. Re was repulsed in both cases. TO-DAY'S FRENCH OFFICIAL. Bad weather persists on the whole of the front in Belgium. o the east and south of Cerny, v after a bombardment of extreme violence the Germans launched i on a front of about 1,500 metres I violent attacks which were all] repulsed by our fire. '(, In the course of these combats-we inflicted hen? lu?cs on the euü- ?my." There was an artillery duel on both I banks of the Meuse, which was particularly lively in the Avo- court Wood—Hill 304 region. There is nothing to report on the rest offehe xsonfc. ,> THURSDAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. I ?/ ■ Thursday, 9.12 p.lli.' I I In. the course of the morning and ain this afternoon the enemy made a eeries of j violent but unsuccessful attempts-to re- I cover the ground lost by him north-east of Y pres. Regardless of the increasing severity of his losses, strong bodies of his troops re- peatedly attacked our positions from the Ypres-Boulers Railway to St. Julien. In every case his advancing lines were | broken up and disp-erred by our artillery I)arra" or repelled by the Bteadynre of j liur infantry. 'I j j Parties of our troops raided the enemy's j trenches last night north-east of Gouzeau- J court and inflicted many casualties on his | garri6on. THURSDAY'S FRENCrf OFFICIAL. I Friday, 11 p-m-7-in Belgium our artil- lery fire, dominating the German, artil- lery, whose activity was greater to the j east and north of Bixschoote, prevented j Any atempt at attack by the enemy. ■ Two German attacks to the east of Cerny were stopped by our fire. In Champagne there were patrol en- counters, in the course of which we took some prisoners. There was reciprocal artillery firing on the left bank of the Meuse. From the 21st to the 31st July twenty enemy aeroplanes and two Drachen were brought down. In addition, and during the same period, twenty-one enemy aeroplanes were seriously hit aJid descended in the lines. Lieutenant Marcel Hugues has brought down live German ma-ohines to date. In the same period about ten of our squadrons carried out numerous flights fad bombarded especially the stations of ioulers, Metz, Thionville, Moiitmedy, I Hetheny-Ville, the factories of Hagon- I Cange, the cantonments and bivouacs of I Routhulst Forest and of the Spincourt (in I the valley of the Suippes), the munition depots in the region cK Laon, etc. About 41,000 kilogrammes of projectiles "re dropped in the courge of these raids, I vhich caused considerable damage to lliilitary establishme.nts. "WAY TO VICTORY." Kaiser's New Honour fof Hinden- burg. Copenhagen,. Friday.—The Kaiser has sent the following telegram to Field- Marshall Von Hindenburg: 1 take plea- sure, my dear Field Marshal, at the con- clusion of the third year of this greatest (,r all wars, in which with brilliant stra- tegy and art you have defied superior forces of the enemy and cleared the way ior our armies to victory, in expressing to once more my boundless thanks. -1 confer on you the Cross and Star of my Royal Order of the House of Holenzol- lern. The badges will be posted immedi- ately. WILIIELM LR." ) USING Ur RESERVES. The Expert French Commentator, writ- I ng-()D Thursday night, says:—The enemy I :is employing all his resources, if not to Repair the results of the victorious Franco- British Offensive, at least to limit its %nquences. May times he launched ?rge effectives to the assault on the Brit- ¡ ish front between St. Julien and the ),_ _]R..ul? Raflway. The German losses were heavy, and gained no advan- tage for the enemy, who at no point 't'?ed?d ? m??w. t?ESS? :.¡¡, APPALLING CARNAGE. I — i I Enemy Attacks May Hasten the End. I I (Press Association Spocial Correspondent.) FRANCE, Friday. 1 There has been no appreciable move- ment on either side since the last dis- patch, but a great deal of heavy shelling, rising to hurricane intensity at times, and {several determined counter-attacks by the Geimans. The more the enemy will go on launch- ing his masses against our withering i barrage, the «?oo;ier mu-rt the end- be reached. If the BerliH casmalty lists arc even approximately tn¡thfUI thc?y mut reveal an appalling slau?htpr. The situation along the whole of the front of the offEnsive chews no t-a-rmbic change. The weather remains deplorable, We have collected a fair number of guns, but it is probable that not a few have been buried. A number of machine-guns and trench mortars have already been brought in. -0- I NERVOUSNESS." j I Chancellor on German Fault and Aim. AMSTERDAM, Friday. In an interview, according to the Dresden Neucote Nuchricbten," the German Imperial Chancellor, referring to internal political events in Gernmnj", said their greatest mistake had been nervousness. He pledget] his word that such a mistake n<uil<) not be, repeated. He added: The aim of this war is a speedy and honourable peace. Everyone helps who in all his public; work concen- trates his mind on unanimity in big things, but without nervousness." He appealed to the press to support the G 0 iernixien t. ter. HEROES ALL. How We!sh Surprised Kaiser's Guards. The French correspondents on the British front single out as one of the most glorious episodes of Tuesday's fight- ing the smashing of the Kaiser's favourite II Coekchafers" (Guards Fusiliers) by Welsh troops. The Cockchafers, celebrated in the Ger man Army for their determined fighting and successes, writes M. Andre Tudesq in the Journal," exist no more. Surprised hy the Welsh not far from Pilkern, their three battalions were cut to pieces, and every one-slain v/ith machine-gun, bomb, bjiyonet, or knife. The Welsh gained their spurs against them in this Flanders battle. The Petit Pa risien correspondent says: Like La Basse Ville, and perhaps to a still greater extent. Pilkem was one of the principal points of the enemy's resistance. Every house round the village and in it had been transformed into a fort defended with revolver guns and machine-guns. A double belt of-trenches with ferro-voncrete dug-outs guarded the outskirts of the place. The Prussian Guard had been quar- tered there for a fortnight. At three o'clock in the afternoon, under a torrential downpour, the Welsh troops, after having quickly cleaned up the enemy trenches with bombs, entered the village from three sides.' Street fighting was followed by a determined onslaught on each house. The onset was terrible and the carnage frightful, and the Welshmen covered themselves with honour and glory. As to the Prussian Guard, they obeyed their order to ,I; '.vhere they stood;, there was not a single prisoner taken. FRENCH ADVANCE. German Corpses Never So Numerous. The Daily Chronicle correspondent with the French Armies, writing on Thursday evening, says:— The front of the French army which I holds the left of the Allied, offensive is a I boggy plain punctuated' wvth waterlogged shell holes. Rain has fan. almost with- out cessation during the Tast 21 hours, and the sky is an unbroken curtain of mist. I The men holding the conquered ground are wonderfully cheerful, although they have no better shelter than such lines of sandbags as they have been able to set up, and a few broken farm buildings and cot- tages which servo as more considerable centres of resistance. As I write a feeble' ray of sunshine is breaking through the low banks of cloud. The efficacy of the artillery preparation for our attack is now abundantly con- firmed. A company commander of a Saxon regiment, taken prisoner with nine men who were the sole survivors of 90 or loo. says that for three days before the attack his unit had no supplies of ajiy kind and that he succeeded only twice in communicating with his battalion, com- mander. French soldiers say they have never seen eo nifcn.v enemy corpses left on the ground of combat. No attempt has been allowed to forward the general lyre, but several farmr. have been seized to strengthen tli-, new front. which stands in the fimt line of the old German second  .J'S??Nt ?

1 RECRUITING I I I COMMITTEE TO ENDORSE I NEW SCHEME REEXÂMfHA TION CHANGES The" Daily Exress Lobby Correspon- dent says:—The special* report of the Selection Committe on Army Medical Examinations will be printed and circu- lated' to-day. It will endorse the whole plan that Lord Derby said he would accept—that of I placingrectuiting and medical examina- tion in civilan hands from- A to Z." CHANGES IN SYSTEM. Changes in the system of re-examining men for the Army were referred to by Surgeon-General Julian before the Select Committee which is inquiring into the examinations on Thursday. He was con- Iron ted with one or two serious com- plaints," and it was 6tated that in some cas-es whell discharged men were called up their papers showing their length ut service, were taken from them, and a fresh discharge card showing "one day U.5 their service substituted. A case was cited of a man who, with 12 yeal service, was discharged with a wound. He refused to give up his dis- charge paper, and the authorities made a new form out to hand him in exchange, stating that he was rejected under the Review of Exceptions Act after serving one day with the colours. C3 MEN S PRIVILEGE. You know," eaid Mr. Montague Bar- low, that an old soldier's chance of em- ployment depends upon his discharge papers. General Julian replied that if that case was inquired into tbere would be, in hic, opinion, an answer to it. I have other complaints analogous to that," remarked Mr. Barlow. Mr. ISield. K.C., M.P.: Have you yet changed the system Hhereby a man's clas- sification is determined not by his present health, but by his anticipated state of health four uiocths hence, after training? —No alteration, has been made. The same rules remain. General Julian stated that a man could now be classified as C3 for working under domestic conditions. This was evidently for. such .cases as dyspeptics. that a Mr. Pringle: Does that mean that a man may stay in his own home and; work, say. in a pay office ? General Julian: f es, I should think so. Mr. Nield: Then our labours have not been in vain.

WORKING MAN'S BEER. Mr. Tillett Says Government Commodity is a Fraud. j "I warn the Government that they are rushing eolkliy to disaster," Mr. Ben [ Tillett declares in letters to the Prime Minister and Sir Joseph Maclay, in which the dockers' secretary points out what he considers to bo the dangers attending the curtailment of the working man's beer and tho selling of swipes." "Thereis," Mr Tillett <ieeldres,plenty of foreign malt and barley in the country that could be utilised for thfe brewing of light beers. The addition of 50 pqr cent. of water is not only a fraud, but the most cynical and cruel blow to the workers that could be possible. On top of this, the price is increased 100 per cent. to 200 per cent., while the brewers and distillers land some of the publicans are reaping a large prolit." The dockers' aecretary euggests the use of home barley tot the heavier be-er, and that malting and brewing should begin in September. He advises the brewing of 26,000,000 barrels at a gravity of 1.047 de- grees as against the Government gravity og 1.036.

SOLDIER'S STRANGE FATE. A private in the Royal Engineers, named Peter Somerville, while on a visit to Helensburg, where his wife and chil- dren are on holiday, met his death on Thursday night in an extraordinary man- ner. While Somerville was standing in the street a man wearing the badge of a discharged oldier crossed the road, and passers-by were surprised to see the two men in grips., Somerville fell, striking his head heavily on the pavement, and he expired. The other man is detained for inquiries.

LLANELLY HOUSING. I At the meeting of the Llanelly Rural ] Council on Thursday, Mr. Griffith Harry j proposed that the Council should take steps to consider the advisability of pro- viding a scheme or schemes for the more efficient housing of the workingclasae5 in the populous districts. In submitting his motion, Mr. Harry said that, even though there was no great shortage of bouses in his -Ciilar dis- )' trict at the present time, after the war there would be a srhortaiye. According to retiyns, 200 honst's had been erected in,. the rural ami. every year. There had beon a great jnereain the number of mar- ridges, nearly 600 having taken place within the division, and yet the building trade was at a standstill. Tnkimr all the fact-i iIlto"oonslleration; he thought the Council should receive a report from the Medical Officer and the Surveyor as to what schemes could be adopted. Thr.,¡ motion was agreed to.

MR. BONAR LAW'S JOKE. Talk of Coming Appeal to the Country.' The Daily Express Lobby Correspon- dent writes:— When Mr. Dillon stated in the House of Commons on Thursday night that he might not be in the House of Com- mon* next session if the advocates of with- drawing Irish members from Westmiifster succeeded, Mr. Boiiar Law sought to cheer him up with the remark: If it becomts a question of betting, I think it is more likely that Mr Dillon will be in the House than that I shall be its leader." This statement contains no special sig- nificance. It was a joke. In any case, next session is probably many months —poesjbly a year-ahead. The autumn sit. ting will be a continuation of the present session. At the same time there was a revival among observant M.P.s on Thursday of the rumour that it is quite possible the Government may go to the country in the autumn recess. In any case, they will have placed the Corn Production Bill and a new Loan Bill—two necessary measures -on the Statute Book. <and possibly they may by that time have seen the war th £ ygh one of its vital phases*

LEFT TO DROWN' I APPALLINLTSTORY OF CERMAN CALLOUSNtSS LODOX"Fridn'. I' A. Press Association con-t?spoudeut t?lc- graphs :—A crime unparalclled for fleMiiii cruelty, even in the worst phases of Ger- man submarine warfare, came to light on Thursday, namely the deliberate urown- ing of 38 of the orew of the ship Bolgitm Prince. The evident intention of the fluns was that none shoyila live to tell the tale of this coid-Vk>odod juurder. t'here are. however, three survivors who, «Uter fearful sufferings were picked, up by a patrol boat and reached port. Thos. Bowman, chief enyracor, a burly Tynesidor, who has been ten times-nearly drowned, but never so nearJy as this time, gave iue the following narrative of his thrilling experience:—" About 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening, while 200 miles off land, I saw from the after-deck the wake of an approaching torpedo. When the torpedo struck 1 was thrown on deck by a piece -of debris. The vessel took a heavy li?t, and all took to the boats. The submarine ap-I proach&d and destroyed the wireless by ?hell 6re. The submarine ordered the boats to come alongside and -c:?llpd for the skipper., SKIPPER TAKEN. PRISONER. "Captain Hassan went n boiuxi^and was taken down into the submarine. The rest of us (41) were mustered on the submarine deck. The Germans i-ook our lifebelts froan U'8, except, eight, anil outside clothing from all of us. The submarine crew thto entered the submarine and closed the hatches, leayg us on deck. Before this the Gorman sailors had taken cars, balers I and gratings from our lifeboats and gmashed the boats with an axe. LEFT TO DROWN. "The submarine went ^bout two miles. Suddenly 1 heard the rush of waf er, and «hcut:ng, "Look out, sfhe's sinking,' I jumped into the water. Many men went down with the submarine. Others sv.em about. I had a lifebelt. Year me was an apprentice, aged 16, shouting for help. I went to him and held him up in the darkness till about midnight, when he be.. I came UMtmspious and eventually died from exposure. I took his lifebelt and waited for daylight. I then taw the Belgian Prince still afloat and made for her. My way tay through dead bodies, some in lifebelts, others not. As I neared the ship she Mew up. I held on for another hour, when a boat picked me up in the last stages of exhaustion, after 11 hours in the water."

SWANSEA MARKET. Negotiations for Government II Use Deferred. The Town Clerk informs, us that the authorities have decided to postpone fur- ther nrgotiatiops for utilising the Swansea"4 Market for Government purposes.*

A FATAL FALL. Charles von Hockel, bricklayer, of Ty- mawr-rcad, Morriston, who fell off a scaffold at the Crown Spelter Works on Thursday, died at the Swansea Hospital later in the day.

FRENCH MAN-POWER. Paris, Aug. 2.—The Chamber of Depu- ties to-day discussed the question of the partial liberation of the Territorial Re- serve classes from service at the front. M. Pairileve, Minister of War, replying to a question to the best system of dis- posing of men in the Army, declared that the Government was engaged in consider- ing the best methods of dealing with the problem having regard to economic con- siderations, more particularly those affect- ing its British and American Allies, and having regard, above all, to ensuring a victory.—Router. "-Hpp.

I SWANSEA ACTUARY. I Estate of Late Mr. Edward J. Morris. Mr. Edward James Morris. of Elms- leigh, 79, Maneel-terrace. Swansea, who i?(lied June 17th last, retired actuary, left estate of the gross value of 26,851) 12, 2d., j with net personalty of ?5,S96 IN, lid. Probate 01 his will dated Junuary 24th, 1914, has been granted to Mr. Frederick Jas. Lloyd, of Queon's-road, Fiitsbury Park, analyst. The testator left his household and personal effects to his daughters, Gertrude and Evelyn, £ 1,000, a eum equivalent to one-sixth of his 1 estate to his daughter Jessie, and the residue of his estate upon trust for his daughters Gertrude and Evelyn.

WOUNDED REACH LONDON. Welcome for Men Who Were in the Push. A large number of wounded from the new advance arrived on Thurdsay night at Charing Cross, and were distributed among various hospitals in the London district. The- majority were walking cases, but several badly wounded stretcher cases were also included. Outside the station some forty girls, mostly City office work- ers. took up their stand, each with a bunch of red roses and pink carnations, and as the ambulances passed these flow- ets were thrown to the wounded men. All the men were in good spirits, even a private whose head was almost entirely swathed and whoso arm was bandaged. The ambulance attendant had placed a pink carnation inside the bnndages of his arm, which he waved to the girls with the flowers as he was driven away.

OVERCROWDED COTTAGES* Attention was once more called at the meeting of the Llanelly Rural Council to the serious overcrowding at Trebeddod- cottages and also to the insanitary state of the dwellings. The Medical Officer (Dr. E. Evans) stated that there were several cliildren living in the cottages, which were cer- tainly unfit in their present state for habitation. On the other hand, he failed to eee where the occupants were to go, as there was such » scarcity of houses. He strongly advised that one of the families should. enter the workhouse, but there was no destitution. A letter WI16 read from Mrs. (Captain) Rees, the owner of the property, stating that she had been served with a closing order, and pointing out that -,itie.could not proceed with the necessary repairs, as she could not get the occupants to leave the outages. .o.-

PEACE AND PRICES WELSH MINERS TACKLE TOUGH PROBLEMS. THE SWANSEA 11 CONFERENCE 11 PROTEST AGAINST SCENE (By Our Mining Correspondent). CARDIFF, Friday. -Fr A (Iay. The Conference o'i the South Wales Delegates was resumed at the Cory Hall, Cardiff, this morning, Mr. James Winstone occupying the chair. A discussion took place on the proposal drafted by the Council with regard to the "peace feeler" resolution: That the South Wales Miners' Federatioa take action with a view of ascertaining the opinion of the organised labour nioveiniiit of this cJuntry on the question of peace, E3 as to offer to the Labour move- ments of the belligerent Powers the iJfitish working class view of a peace settlement, afterwards asking such labour movements if they are prepared to subscribe to the British working class folicy, and to tnke such action as will compel their respective Governments to adopt it. intimately it was carried by a large majority. THE SWANSEA MEETING. Ihe question of the interference with ths peace meetings at Swansea and other phees. oil Sunday last was raised, and the resolution was carried unanimously. That this conference reiterates its fjrtuer protest against the interference fhich has taken place with the rig" ht public assembly and the right cf iVee speech, ami calls upon the auth- orities to take the measures necessary W protect tins right." FOOD PRICES. Snuø discussion also took place on the food prices, and the proposal v.as put thift it would be down tools unless soue steps were taken to secure a reduc- tioi in the price of food. It was resolved ovtfitually: That this conference enters its pro- test against 'the continued increase it the price of food, and calls upon the Government and the Food Con- twller at, once to take drastic action in dealing with profiteering in the sale of food, and that a large reduction in r- I tsil prices should be enforced at once." rnH secretary was instructed to forward copies of the resolution to the Prime Mini- stsj and the Food Controller, and to ex- plain that down tools" had been serbusly contemplated. v,-as then brought to a, close.

RAILWAY MEN'S RISE. I Bonus of 15s. to Become a Permanent Wage. Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P., secretary of tho Railwaymen's Union, sent a telegram on Thursday to the Nottingham district oi-gtniser intimating that the railway companies have now consented to the 15s. weekly bonus being converted into wages. This means that the bonus now be- eoiiies a permanent wage, and will con- tinue after the wax.

I_'PO__IN. CAMADA. o tasked Bandits Steal Great j Store of Dynamite. Montreal, Thursday.—Twelve masked I bandits, all of them believed to be French Canadians, overpowered the watchman on duty at a Government warehouse on the Montreal water-front last night, and suc- ceeded in getting away with 3.500 pounds of dynamite (says the Daily Express correspondent) Threats have been circulated through- out the province, to blow up public build- ings and destroy bridges, and it is stated I that vast quantities of explosives have been secured and concealed with this pur- pose in view. These rumours lend weight to the belief that there is an organised conspiracy in Canada, and the guard has been doubled nt the great Victoria Bridge over the St. Lawrence, and at all munition factories.

WELSH LOCAL GOVERNMENT j Mr. Stanton on Wednesday night handed in a question to ask whether a sub-committee of the Reconstruction Com- mittee has been appointed to consider matters arising in connection with Welsh Local Government work after the war, and, if so whether any representative of Wales has been placed on such committee.

A PETROL SAVER. Brynamman Doctor Sueo for Price. Dr. Corky, Bryminiman, was sued at the Llandilo County Court on Thursday— before Judge Lloyd Morgan-by Barnet Shepherd, an Ammanford tradesman, for the sum of El 8s. 6d. in respect of the sale to him of a motor-car petrol saver. Mr. W. L. Smith (for the plaintiff) stated the whole dispute turned upon whether the petrol saver was a workable article or not. Plaintiff said he supplied the defendant with a petrol saver in November, 1915, and he claimed it was then in proper working order. He had sold the same kind of article overhand over again, and never received a complaint until now. He had one fixed to his own car for the last three years, and it was still in per- fect order. W. Borrett, meter mechanic. Amman- ford, said the petrol saver was in an un- workable condition owing to the inside wire being buckled and the cable cut too short. It must have been tampered with. He could put it in order. Dr. Corky said he took. the article on the understanding that it was a petrol saver, but it did not save petrol, and simply would not work. "He was advised that it was a useless toy. Henry Beanland, electrical engineer, and Arthur Jones gave evidence of defects in the article which, they said, rendered it unworkable. His Honour stated the whole point was a question of law. Was there a sale out and out of the article? It seemed to him that the petrol saver was defective, and if there was a sale his opinion was that the claim ought to be admitted and a counter-claim put forward. It was en- tirely a matter of law, and he would adjourn the case to the next court to enable the solicitors to address him on the joint. Mr. D. G. Lewis, Garnant, was for the defendant. j I inn m ii' iini m iimai Mini—wmii

REPORTED FALL OF CZERNOWITZ. I Amsterdam meiisago says: A T ienna teU^raan statos that eariy this morning Auctjxi-Hungarian troops entered Ckerttcwitjs. I I lOVER 5:00\) PRISONERS. Tho I'f€€s AsMc'artion p?rre?pcndent I  c?-,?rre-.?;f?ou d ent 'b:,lgraphing abÓut th big" battlQ tWS the Dumber of pfisoncrs brought in must now, I bolieve, be well over 5,000. TO-DAYr8 RUSSIAN OFFICIAL. j Wester^ i'ron*-Af+er a Vtubborn battle our troops retired in placeo across the Zorotz. the- enemy occu- pied Litkodru—Trudezin Yolkoboe. Between the Cries to and the Pruth our troops are- retiring to the osat. In the Carpathians the enemv have pello- ..I, .t' trate dour, pobitiorls accupi-LA at the Alkix. To the north of Kiiopolung our troope aTe waging luatfie on tho River Molditiza.. Rumanian Front,—'Tn-cler the pree- sure of th4 onomy we evacuated Kib- polung. Our troops are engaging in battle cfi. the Rlror Bistritz. i • I L "r • I i '• i f i ,I, T

A MILLION HOUSES WANTED. Trades Union Demand for Post- War Days. One million houses—5,000,000 additional rooms.—ought to be completed within four years from the declaration of peace, and the Government promptly infoni- l*cr.l authorities that they have got to be bum, and. that' oach place will have its assignee! quotay. • • This is the domamt of the manifesto i9Eued by the Joint Committee on Ia?oixr Problems A.fter.the War, which embraces the whole trade unionist movement of the country. The cost is put at 2M millions, of which 200 would Be a sound financial-investment. A free grant yyould be required from the Treasury to enable the housing schemes to pay their way. We do not want a uniformly ugly H Government cottage dumped down all over the country, says the Committee. We ought to determine that the million dwel- lings of the Great Peace shall be a model for the ensuing generation.

A BIG POTATO. Mr. W. J. Evans, insurance superinten- dent. Coldstream-street, Llanelly, who is an allotment holder at Cilfigr, has dug up a potato of the Ashleaf variety weighing 20ozs., which be-ats tile previous biggeet potato obtained from Mr. Dd. James's (New Dock) allotment by Sozs. It is also 4ozs. heavier than the biggest potato ob- tained from the Cardiff allotments.

BETTER NEWS OF RUSSIA.' DESERTERS RETURN. Salient in German Line. ENEMY IN BESSARABIA. North and south of the Dniester, near the Russian frontier, and in the Bukovina the enemy have again advanced, and have gained a footing in Bessarabia, in one district in the jiukovina north of ivnnpolung the Russians turned on the Austrians and took 151 prisoners. The Times Special Correspondent at Russian Headquarters, says that the salient in the enemy's line is increasing much more slowly, thanks to the measures taken aganst desertions and panics. Dis- aifeci d regiments have returned to the front. -nr~ RUSSIAN OFFICIAL. (ialicia.To the north-west of Khotin, between the Zbrucz (.the "frontier river) and the Dniester, oar troops abandoned their positions in the region 01 ivudrynoe- Michalowka. Bukovina.—Between the Dniester and the Pruth the enenly continued to de- velop his offensive,- concentrating hi., greatest efforts along our bank of the Dniester. Towards the evening of August 1 the enemy occupied Perebijkovev (in Bessa- rabia), Czarny Potok, Dobronoutz, Jloros- choutz, aud Kuczuriaik, our troops retir- ing to the east. (These places are all near tiie Besearabian frontier and due north cf Czernovitx, tile nearest being 11 miles away from the town.) In the Carpathians ,the enemy pressed back our troops to tile west of the River Putna (about 35 miles south-south-west of Czcrnovitz).. In the region of the Moldavica (north of Kimpolung) our troops, beating off an Austrian attack,, undertook an offensive. They drove the enemy back and captured two officers, 152 men, and eight machine- guns. Rumanian Froiit.-In the region df Mount Paucha and Mount La Muntelu (north-east corner of Transylvania) the enemy pressed back our troops somewhat to the ep.Et.A(Iniiralty, per Wireless L'ress. KORNILOFF. An Incident With "K. of K." Writing of .tlio n f*l%' Russian Com- mander-in-Chief, a contemporary says:- The romance of Komiloff's escape from an Austrian prison is well known, as also his heroic stand during the great retreat of 1915 and his remark in the early stage of the revolution n hout the garrulity of the Petrograd agitators. What is less known is Korniloff's friendship with Sir Horace Smith-Dor- rien, a friendship dating back to the e,-tt-ly years of this century, when Korni- while on a visit to the Quetta Staff was requested to leave by Lord Kitchener, who suspected him of espion- age. Ivorniloff took bis conge like a gal- laut and sensible soldier, declaring that the incident would pot diminish his ad- miration for England and K. of Iv., who had acted as he (liornilcff) would have acted in similar circumstances. It would appear that the plans Korni- loff was suspected at the time of having secured were later found ou the body of a Japanese staff officer killed in Manchuria, so Korniloff told his friends The new Russian Corny^ander-in-Cliief is only 44 years of age, siid mn rri d one of the daintiest beauties of Petrograd.

NEW EBBW VALE STRIKE. The ^nen employed at the by-products works of the Ehbw Vale Company to the number 'of 159 vrpre idle OIl Thursday in consequence of a dispute in regard to the overtime rate for wek-ends. I

FALKENHAYN AT GAZA. Paris, Thursday.According to M. Parcel Hutin in the Echo de Paris, General von Falkenltayn, who has taken the place of Von der Goltz, has just in- spected the Turkish front at Gara. His headquarters a're at Al",ppo.-Exchange-. I

WATCH 20 YEA-RS IN A FIELD. I Lost in a field at Barton Stacey (Hants), 20 years ago, a gold watch and chain ha^e been recovered by a shepherd. They had apparently been turned up by the plough, and are now restored to their owner, Mr. Donald Nicholl, who has re warned the finder.

A NOVEL SPECTACLE. U.S. Troops to March Through London. The Daily Express understands that a body of American troops are to march through the streets of London with ban- nerB flying and bands playing in about ten days' time. There will be several regiments in the line' of procession, and the British military authorities are tak- ing a keen interest in the arrangements for this hovel incident. It will be the first time in history since the landing of William III.. that troops of a foreign nation will march through the streets of an English city bearing arms and carrying a foreign flag.

ATTITUDE OF THE CZECHS. I With reference to the recent split in the non-German bloc in Austria, the following explanation has been received from a trustworthy Czech source:— It must be remembered that the chief question to-day is the formation of a Coalition Cabinet, composed of representa- tives of all nationalities. The present Cabinet contains only two unimportant Polish members, and there is no doubt that Dr. von Seidler will try to persuade members of the other nationalities to enter his new Cabinet. This the Poles, Ruthenes, Yugo SIan), Rumanians, or Italians can afford to do in order to gain temporary concessions, for they form on]y parts of great nations, and their ultimate liberation is not affected by whatever policy 'their representatives may pursue in the Reichsr-ath. The Czechs, on the' other hand, stand alone, for they have no support from outside, and any Crech who entered the Austrian Cabinet, would be hindering the Czech* prospects of indepen- dence v'?pn the qnesti^M :s diacu&s?d at ti? ?eaM con?epce.—Rest<? ? 1r.l:c'E

TO-DAYS WAR RESUME ? f* Leader" Office, 4.50 p.m. Bad weather continues to hinder opera- tions in Flanders. Last night, after heavy bombardment German troop& attacking on a front of halt a mile, succeeded in obtaining tem- porary possession of a portion of om front line trenches ^ast of Monchy-ie- Preux. Our counter-attacks have already re- gained a portion of the lost ground. rhe enemy attempted to reach our trenches south-east of Queant, and at- tack one of our new posts north-west of Warneton. He was repulsed in both cases. News from Russia is better. against desertipns and panics are prov- inge effective, and disaifected regimenfai are retwning, to the front.

I TO IISOCD-UERIS MOTHER." Will Soldier's Mother kindly com- municate her full name and Addrec-q in confidence to the military representative at the Recruiting Office, Swansea, when a reply to her letter will e forwarded.

I CARRY EXEMPTION CARDS. Young men will be well advised in the near future to carry any documentary ev;, dence they may possess as to why they are not in khaki. The military authori- ties are ever on the alert, and any failing to establish their reasons will be given sjhort shrift.

I HEALTH OF THE MAYOR. It will be heard with gratification that i the health of the Mayor of Swansea (Aid. David Da vies) has taken a definite and welcome turn for the better. Indeed, should the present all-round progress be maintained, there is every reason for hop- ing that he will soon be restored to hie former ephere of activity in the town.

MEASLES AT PONTYEATS. The Medical Officer (Dr. E. Evans) at the meeting of the Lianeily Rural Coun- cil on Thursday reported that 24 cases of measles had been notified at Pontyeats, and owing to the outbreak; the elementary school had been closed since July 20th. No deaths had occurred in the district from the fever. Ten fresh oases of aoarlet fever had been notified.

NEWS OF GAZA MISSING. Mr. Hope announced in Parliament on Thursday that up to Wednesday there had been reported as being prisoners after the Rattle of Gaza 246 of the men missing in March and 185 of those missing in April. There was received on Thursday from. the Dutch Legation at Constantinople a. report by the late United States Consul at Damascus, dated April 13, giving the names of three officers and 90 men cap- tured at Gaza who had reached Damascus. The Consul was permitted to communi- cate with the prisoners and to give them money. The three officers and 75 of the men left on April 15 for internment in Anatolia. Fifteen men were left in hos- pital at Damascus, mostly suffering from fever. i

TYPHOID FEVER CASE. Pontardawe Protest to Local Government Board. At Pontardawe Council meeting on Thursday, Mr. D. T. J»nes, iT.P., presiding, Mr. A. E. Edmunds rqjiorted that a case of typhoid fever had been reported on pre- mises at Gwauneaegurwen. It was ascer- tained that the man had been removed from Llanarthney on the previous Sunday night in a motor car in the company of a nurse and fellow lodger. The case had been removed to the infectious diseases hospital. From inquiries made it trans- pired that the man desired to be sent home to his sister's houee at Gwauneae- gurwen on account of lack of accommoda- tion at Llanarthney. It was decided that the Local Govern- ment Board should be informed. The clerk was also instructed to write to the Medical Officer of Health for Llanarthney complaining of the fact that the doctor had not complied with the, custom of noti- fying the removal of infectious diseases. Mr. D. J Williams complained of the inadequate water supply at Fforestgoch. The matter, he said, was a very pressing one, and the people had to go outside their own district to fetch water. The engineer was instructed to iuvosti- gate and report at the ,lN!J ? ??..?'?))?:? /i?'??-???'? '<?Mt<'?3<t?'?'   

SOUTH COAST CONFERENCES The Prime Minister left town on Thurs- day afternoon- to nttend a conference of representatives of the Allies held on the south const. Among those who also went down were Baron Sonnino, General Smuts (with Lord Hobert"Cecil), Mr. Bonar Law, J lknd certain Russian representatives, >

ITRADE WITH, BELGIUM. I Committee to Investigate Appointed. We are officially informed that Ma Majesty s. Governmient have appointad a Committee to investigate the means off¡" promotion and advancement of trade and commerce, between the British Eiapira and Belgium. The members of the Committee, repia- senting the Foreign Office, Board of,1 Trade, and the commercial coanmunityt are as follows:- Representing the Foreign Office.-Sk Cecil Hertslet (Chairman of the Commit, too), his Majesty's Consul-General for Belgium; Mr. R. Macleay, Counsellor ot: Embassy in the Diplomatic Service, Deputy-Coaihroller of the Foreign Trade Department. Foreign Office; Mr. M. Neville Kearney (Secretary of the Com-' mittee), of the Consular Service, attached to the foreign Office. Representing the Board of TraOO.sir f W. H. Clark, K.C.S.I., C.M.G., Cornell trover-General of the Department Œ Cœn-! inereial Intelligence, Board of Trade; Sirri E. Wylabore-Smith, Director of the Com-^ misiom. Internationale de Ravitaillement; Mr. Percy Ashley, Board of Trade. Representing British Commercial and Financial Interests.—Sir Algernon F. i Firth, Bt., representing the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom; Mr. E. F. Oldham, representing' the Federation of British Industries; Mr. M. deminson, representing- the Chamber of Shipping of United Kingdom and the Liverpool S.S. Owners' Association; Sir R. Vaasar-Smith, Bt. (late Chairman of the Committee of London Clearing Bankers), representing the Bankers' Clearing Honse; the Lord Faringdon, re- preoenting the British Trade Corporation Mr. Frank Potter (General Managi\r, Great Western Railway), representing the Railway Executive Committee. The members of the Committee (other than those representing the Foreign Office and Board of Trade) have been nominated by the bodies which they re- present, at the invitation of his Majesty's Government.